Chartered Accountant
86505 Points
Joined April 2011
No tax should be deducted at source on grants because:
a) A grant is a gift, albeit restricted or conditional
b) NGOs exists for ‘charitable purpose’ and they are not ‘commercial providers of service/s’
c) A ‘grant agreement’ can have various conditions and stipulations as also specific expected deliverable, but, that does not make it a ‘commercial contract’.
d) NGOs under CSR Rules are “Implementing Agencies” or ‘CSR implementing partners’ of companies and not the company’s ‘commercial contractors’ or ‘vendors’